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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoúpolis, or ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, in formal Ottoman Turkish: Konstantinie) was the capital of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Byzantine/East Roman Empire (395–1204 an 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christian empire, successor to ancient Greece and Rome. Throughout the Middle Ages Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, known as the Queen of Cities (Vasileuousa Polis).

Trivia about constantinople

  • Named for an emperor, this capital of the Byzantine Empire was looted by Crusaders in April 1204
  • It was captured by the Ottoman Turks & renamed Istanbul in 1453
  • The thousand-year Byzantine Empire ended May 29, 1453 when this city fell to the Turks
  • Theodora helped save the Byzantine throne by keeping Justinian from fleeing this city during the Nika Riots
  • In the Fourth Crusade the crusaders plundered this Byzantine capital, a Christian city
  • At over 4 miles in length, a wall built in the 400s kept this capital safe for a thousand years
  • In 1204 the Crusaders took this Byzantine city; in 1453 the Turks did
  • The First Crusade began in 1097 when 4 European armies met up in this Byzantine capital to march on the Holy Land
  • The 1453 battle of this capital signaled the end of the Byzantine Empire
  • On May 29, 1453 this Byzantine capital was captured by the Turks
  • The heresy of Nestorianism, which held that Jesus was 2 separate persons, began in this Byzantine capital
  • In the fourth crusade, this Christian capital, now Istanbul, was plundered by Christian knights
  • Geoffrey de Villehardouin claimed it was the best city for crusaders' booty; they even sacked its Hagia Sophia
  • The Avars attack the Byzantine capital city called this
  • 1453:Mehmed II begins his siege of this city; it would fall 8 weeks later
  • 1204:Supposedly on their way to Jerusalem, Crusader knights sack this richest Christian city

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